# escoltar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin ascultāre, variant of auscultāre. Doublet of auscultar, a borrowing from Latin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [əs.kulˈta]
* IPA: (Balearic) [əs.kolˈta]
* IPA: (Valencia) [es.kolˈtaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltí, past participle escoltat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/
* (transitive) to listen to, to pay attention to
* (transitive, figurative) to heed, to mind, to obey
    No m'escoltis pas! ― Don't mind me!

#### Derived terms

* escolta
* escoltador
* escoltament
* escolteta
* escoltívol

### References

* “escoltar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “escoltar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scortare.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [is.koʊ̯ˈta(h)], /es.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /is.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [is.koʊ̯ˈta(h)], /es.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /is.kowˈta(ɾ)/ [is.koʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)], /es.kowˈta(ɾ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /iʃ.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [iʃ.koʊ̯ˈta(χ)], /eʃ.kowˈta(ʁ)/ [eʃ.koʊ̯ˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /es.kowˈta(ɻ)/ [es.koʊ̯ˈta(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kolˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.koɫˈtaɾ], /(i)ʃ.kɔlˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kɔɫˈtaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kolˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.koɫˈtaɾ], /(i)ʃ.kɔlˈtaɾ/ [(i)ʃ.kɔɫˈtaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /(i)ʃ.kolˈta.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.koɫˈta.ɾi], /(i)ʃ.kɔlˈta.ɾi/ [(i)ʃ.kɔɫˈta.ɾi]

### Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escoltei, past participle escoltado)
* to escort (to guard someone or something as they go somewhere)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

### Further reading

* “escoltar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian scortare.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /eskolˈtaɾ/ [es.kol̪ˈt̪aɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: es‧col‧tar

### Verb

escoltar (first-person singular present escolto, first-person singular preterite escolté, past participle escoltado)
* (transitive) to escort
** 2023 June 8, Montero Glez, “El viaje psicodélico como experimento científico tuvo su desarrollo en Harvard”, in El País‎, photo caption:Timothy Leary es escoltado por agentes federales desde un avión de pasajeros en 1972. Leary fue detenido en Afganistán y se enfrentó a cargos de contrabando de drogas, conspiración y evasión de impuestos.Timothy Leary is escorted by federal agents from a passenger plane in 1972. Leary was arrested in Afghanistan and faced charges of drug trafficking, conspiracy and tax evasion.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “escoltar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10